Group urges probe into bottom trawl fishing 8 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellalyn de Vera-RuizA local fisherfolk group urged the government to look into the alleged involvement of local government and former military officials in the practice of bottom trawl fishing in municipal waters. “Local government officials, commercial fishing operators, and retired police and military generals are the usual owners of bottom trawls. Municipal fishers are the least complicit in the fishing method because only those who have capital are capable of possessing trawls,” he added. “We reiterate our call for its lifting and enforce a new fisheries law that is formulated out of democratic consultations among small fisherfolk nationwide,” he added.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 03, 2018 11:15 UTC